Washington Monthly

Washington Monthly magazine’s annual College Guide has again named Lyon College to its list of the nation’s most socially beneficial liberal arts colleges. Lyon is ranked 200th. Lyon has made the magazine’s list of top colleges for the last six years. 

Unlike most other college guides, the Washington Monthly guide asks not only what colleges are doing for students, but also what colleges are doing for the country. 

Washington Monthly came up with three indicators of how much a school is contributing to the public good. The magazine ranked schools in three broad categories: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.’s), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

Berea College in Kentucky, Morehouse College in Georgia and Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania are the top ranked liberal arts colleges in the nation, according to the magazine.

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